Courage Quotes

"Do not fear to be thought radical; history vindicates the radical."

"We want to stand on our own feet and look fair and square at the world—its good facts, its bad facts, its beauties, and its uglinesses; see the world as it is and be not afraid of it."

"The best that we can do, as far as I'm concerned, is keep going forward without knowing in which direction we are moving."

"Courage and boldness are not the same thing; boldness is recklessness, while courage is wisdom married to action."

"In times of crisis, it is not our survival instincts but our capacity to act freely that defines us."

"The worst that can happen is not failure but the failure to attempt anything at all."

"The greatest act of rebellion is to remain sane in an insane world."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but its acknowledgment."

"The test of character is what you do when no one is watching."

"Courage is the willingness to be vulnerable with another."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the transformation of fear into something greater."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of fear."

"The vulnerability of the Other calls us to an infinite responsibility that precedes all freedom."

"Persecution is the fate of those who truly listen to the Other."

"Responsibility arises when we acknowledge our response-ability to the claims of others."

"The strength of conviction comes not from certainty but from committed choice."

"Courage is facing the dissolution of all certainty."

"Courage is not the absence of terror but its transformation."

"The capacity to forgive is dependent upon the capacity to act."

"Action without speech is not fully human; we must be able to justify our deeds."

"We are responsible not only for what we do but for what we fail to do."

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

"Do not be afraid of the unknown; be afraid of false knowledge."

"In almost every action one has to choose between a policy of security and a policy of adventure; security is the smaller, the riskier—adventure is the greater, the bolder."

"Courage is the willingness to act despite the knowledge of futility."

"The responsibility of man is to all that lives. It grows with the growth of his consciousness."

"Real relationship means mutual risk and total commitment."

"All meaningful relationships require an element of risk and vulnerability."

"Authentic existence demands that we risk ourselves in relation to others."

"In genuine dialogue, both parties are risked entirely."